I teach seventh grade in a suburban school. I have noticed an increasingly unsettling trend as I walk around the room to ...

Dear Miss Manners: My in-laws and I are opposites on a cellular level when it comes to hosting. It ends up making me feel ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a system of accepted manners related to them. It is true that we no longer dance ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a company holiday party, one of my colleagues decided not to partake of the wine that was offered. During a round of toasts, she was admonished -- in a good-natured way -- by ...

You might still influence your grandchildren, however. Generally speaking, making a bad impression is a more frequent concern ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I purchased a new home -- hooray! It’s only 12 minutes down the road from where we currently live with our three young children. We decided to move for many reasons, ...

It is jarring when the writer includes financial information about someone else. They mention that so-and-so “could very well ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A genteel, proper tea at a traditional hotel requires one to sit demurely at a table too diminutive for any other posture, while awaiting the arrival of the scones, cream and jam.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I sometimes get a coffee to go from a local shop, and I stop at the little station to add sugar, cream, etc., to my cup. As at most coffee shops, this station is pretty small. If ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Elevators have been in existence, I believe, for more than 150 years, but there does not seem to be a system of accepted manners related to them. It is true that we no longer dance ...